AMD Demos ‘Istanbul’ Six-Core Opteron

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AMD said Wednesday that it has publicly demonstrated its six-core Opteron processor, code-named “Istanbul,” which it has scheduled to ship in the second half of 2009.

“Istanbul” is expected to be the only x86 six-core processor available for two- and four-socket systems and higher, AMD said.

The demonstration featured a live, seamless upgrade of a system based on 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors to “Istanbul” processors, AMD said. Istanbul is thermally and socket compatible with current Opteron systems, which include the “Shanghai” processor.

“Well Istanbul can fetch, sit up, shake your hand, and apparently, play the piano,” wrote John Fruehe, AMD’s director of business development for server/workstation products at AMD, in a blog post. “Quite a feat. The new 6-core version of the AMD Opteron processor is scheduled to be available in the second half of this year, and it is everything we had hoped for  and more.”

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